Seroprevalence and risk factors on Syphilis among blood donors in Chengdu, China,from 2005 to 2017 by Shuangli Liu, Liping Luo, Guangxiang Xi, Like Wan, Li Zhong, Xue Chen, Tianxiang Gong, Shuping Li, Yi He, Na Li

“…Multiple condition logistic regression model denoted the following risk factors for increasing rates of syphilis infections: multiple sexual partners (OR = 7.1, 95% CI:1.72–6.58), razor reuse (OR = 1.7;, 95% CI:1.01–2.01); ear piercing (OR = 2.7, 95% CI:1.48–3.37); tattoo (OR = 3.3, 95% CI:1.17–6.78); condom occasionally (OR = 2.8, 95% CI:0.68–1.66). …”
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Evaluating the potential impact and cost-effectiveness of dapivirine vaginal ring pre-exposure prophylaxis for HIV prevention. by Meghan Reidy, Elizabeth Gardiner, Carel Pretorius, Robert Glaubius, Kristine Torjesen, Katharine Kripke

“…Following discussions with stakeholders, the maximum level of PrEP coverage (oral and/or ring) considered in each country was equal to modern contraception use minus condom use in the two age groups. We assessed results for 18 years, from 2018 to 2035. …”
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A Smartphone Game to Prevent HIV Among Young Africans (Tumaini): Assessing Intervention and Study Acceptability Among Adolescents and Their Parents in a Randomized Controlled Trial by Sabben, Gaëlle, Mudhune, Victor, Ondeng'e, Ken, Odero, Isdorah, Ndivo, Richard, Akelo, Victor, Winskell, Kate

“…ObjectiveTumaini is a narrative-based smartphone game designed to help prevent HIV among young Africans aged 11 to 14 years by delaying first sex and increasing condom use at first sex. Following a 16-day feasibility study of Tumaini, we assessed the acceptability (1) of the intervention, where acceptability was operationalized as appeal, relevance, value, usability, and understandability, and (2) of this study and a planned future randomized controlled efficacy trial. …”
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Differences in the Access to Sterilization between Women Living and Not Living with HIV: Results from the GENIH Study, Brazil. by Regina Maria Barbosa, Cristiane da Silva Cabral, Tania di Giacomo do Lago, Adriana de Araujo Pinho

“…It is also urgent to increase access to a wider range of contraceptive methods for WLHIV and promote dual method protection strategies. Moreover, since condom use may decrease in the future in the context of the preventive effect of antiretroviral therapy, promoting dual methods will expand the choices regarding the reproductive rights of women living with HIV.…”
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Contraceptive discontinuation among women of reproductive age in Papua New Guinea by Louis Kobina Dadzie, Abdul-Aziz Seidu, Bright Opoku Ahinkorah, Justice Kanor Tetteh, Tarif Salihu, Joshua Okyere, Sanni Yaya

“…However, women in the rural areas [aOR = 0.78, CI = 0.61,0.99], women using LARC [aOR = 0.10, CI = 0.06,0.15], injectables [aOR = 0.43, CI = 0.30,0.63] and other modern contraception methods including condom [aOR = 0.22, CI = 0.15,0.34] were less likely to discontinue contraceptive usage. …”
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Parenting perspective on the psychosocial correlates of adolescent sexual and reproductive health behavior among high school adolescents in Ethiopia by Belete Yimer, Wassachew Ashebir

“…Specifically, 42.7% reported starting sexual life earlier, 32.2% having more sexual partners in the past 12 months and 23.8% never used condom during the most recent sexual intercourse. …”
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Comparison of the burden of self-reported bacterial sexually transmitted infections among men having sex with men across 68 countries on four continents by Ulrich Marcus, Maria Veras, Jordi Casabona, Carlos F. Caceres, Nathan Lachowsky, Susanne B. Schink, Axel J. Schmidt

“…Results Using multivariable multilevel regression analysis, we identified age, settlement size, number of sexual partners, condom use for anal intercourse, testing frequency, sampling rectal mucosa for extragenital testing, HIV diagnosis, and pre-exposure prophylaxis use as individual-level explanatory variables. …”
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An Empirical Model for Rainfall Maximums Conditioned to Tropospheric Water Vapor Over the Eastern Pacific Ocean by Sheila Serrano-Vincenti, Thomas Condom, Lenin Campozano, Jessica Guamán, Marcos Villacís, Marcos Villacís

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Scale up use of family planning services to prevent maternal transmission of HIV among discordant couples: a cross-sectional study within a resource-limited setting by Kuete M, Yuan H, Tchoua Kemayou AL, Songo AE, Yang F, Ma X, Xiong C, Zhang H

“…However, 66% preferred condom use, 45% having three children still expressed a desire to conceive, while 44% reported abortions, 65% had tried to avoid the current pregnancy, and 12% of women were ART naïve. …”
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Efficacy of health literacy interventions aimed to improve health gains of higher education students—a systematic review by Jorge Rosário, Beatriz Raposo, Eunice Santos, Sónia Dias, Ana Rita Pedro

“…The synthesised evidence supports the efficacy of interventions that contributed to positive changes in mental health, attitudes, norms, and self-efficacy of condom use, emotional, social, and psychological well being, subjective sleep quality, sleep latency, and habitual sleep efficiency, physical activity, and self-reported servings fried foods. …”
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Dual contraceptive utilization and determinant factors among HIV positive women in Ethiopia: a systematic review and meta-analysis, 2020 by Alemu Degu Ayele, Bekalu Getnet Kassa, Fentahun Yenealem Beyene, Dagne Addisu Sewyew, Gedefaye Nibret Mihretie

“…Abstract Background Dual contraceptive is the use of a barrier like condom along with any modern contraceptive methods which has double significance for the prevention STI including HIV and unintended pregnancy. …”
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Sex in the shadow of HIV: A systematic review of prevalence, risk factors, and interventions to reduce sexual risk-taking among HIV-positive adolescents and youth in Sub-Saharan Af... by Toska, E, Pantelic, M, Meinck, F, Keck, K, Haghighat, R, Cluver, L

“…Quantitative studies that reported on HIV-positive participants (10-24 year olds), included data on at least one of eight outcomes (early sexual debut, inconsistent condom use, older partner, transactional sex, multiple sexual partners, sex while intoxicated, sexually transmitted infections, and pregnancy), and were conducted in sub-Saharan Africa were included. …”

Expert consensus statement on the science of HIV in the context of criminal law by Barré-Sinoussi, Françoise, Abdool Karim, Salim S, Albert, Jan, Bekker, Linda-Gail, Beyrer, Chris, Cahn, Pedro, Calmy, Alexandra, Grinsztejn, Beatriz, Grulich, Andrew, Kamarulzaman, Adeeba, Kumarasamy, Nagalingeswaran, Loutfy, Mona R, El Filali, Kamal M, Mboup, Souleymane, Montaner, Julio SG, Munderi, Paula, Pokrovsky, Vadim, Vandamme, Anne-Mieke, Young, Benjamin, Godfrey-Faussett, Peter

“…The possibility of HIV transmission during a single, specific act was positioned along a continuum of risk, noting that the possibility of HIV transmission varies according to a range of intersecting factors including viral load, condom use, and other risk reduction practices. Current evidence suggests the possibility of HIV transmission during a single episode of sex, biting or spitting ranges from no possibility to low possibility. …”

“You are the first person to ask me how I’m doing sexually”: sexual and reproductive health needs and sexual behaviours among migrant people in transit through Panama by Sofya Panchenko, Sofya Panchenko, Philippe Mayaud, Sebastian Baranyi Nicholls, Carolina López González, Khatherine Michelle Ordáz, Madeline Baird, Madeline Baird, Amanda Gabster, Amanda Gabster, Amanda Gabster

“…Provision of antenatal care, rapid testing for HIV/STI, condom distribution, and care for victims of sexual violence would significantly reduce adverse SRH outcomes and improve the well-being of migrant people, even when in transit.…”
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Comparison of pregnancy incidence among African women in a randomized trial of intramuscular depot medroxyprogesterone acetate (DMPA-IM), a copper intrauterine device (IUDs) or a l... by Maricianah Onono, Kavita Nanda, Kate B. Heller, Doug Taylor, Irina Yacobson, Renee Heffron, Margaret Phiri Kasaro, Cheryl E. Louw, Zelda Nhlabasti, Thesla Palanee-Phillips, Jenni Smit, Imelda Wakhungu, Peter B. Gichangi, Nelly R. Mugo, Charles Morrison, Jared M. Baeten

“…We used Cox proportional hazards regression adjusted for condom use to compare pregnancy incidence during both perfect and typical (i.e., allowing temporary interruptions) use. …”
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Sustained high HIV incidence among men who have sex with men in Jiangsu province, China: based on the limiting-antigen avidity EIA method and six consecutive surveys, 2016–2021 by Ying Zhou, Yuheng Chen, Jing Lu, Zhi Zhang, Qi Sun, Xiaoyan Liu, Xiaoqin Xu, Xuerong Ya, Haiyang Hu

“…In China, health education, condom use, and HIV/syphilis testing should continue to be top priorities for HIV prevention among MSM to reduce HIV transmission.…”
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Lubrication Practices and Receptive Anal Sex: Implications for STI Transmission and Prevention by Austin Lee, BA, Thomas W. Gaither, MD, MAS, Marvin E. Langston, PhD, MPH, Stephanie E. Cohen, MD, MPH, Benjamin N. Breyer, MD, MAS

“…Water-based lubricant users most commonly used a condom in their last sexual encounter and had the fewest sexual partners in the last 3 months (4 ± 4, P= .0003). …”
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Knowledge, non-use, use and source of information on contraceptive methods among women in various stages of reproductive age in rural Lagos, Southwest Nigeria by Afolabi BM, Ezedinachi EN, Arikpo I, Ogunwale A, Ganiyu DF, Abu RA, Ajibade AA

“…Married respondents were approximately thrice more likely to know of contraceptives than single respondents (χ2=29.9, P=0.000, odds ratio =2.9, 95% confidence interval =1.9, 4.2). Condom use was the most widely known and used method of contraceptive regardless of marital status and reproductive age status. …”
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Hepatitis B and hepatitis D virus infections in the Central African Republic, twenty-five years after a fulminant hepatitis outbreak, indicate continuing spread in asymptomatic you... by Narcisse Patrice Komas, Sumantra Ghosh, Mariama Abdou-Chekaraou, Pierre Pradat, Nasser Al Hawajri, Alexandre Manirakiza, Gina Laure Laghoe, Claudine Bekondi, Ségolène Brichler, Jean-Omer Ouavéné, Abdoulaye Sépou, Brice Martial Yambiyo, Jean Chrysostome Gody, Valentin Fikouma, Athénais Gerber, Natali Abeywickrama Samarakoon, Dulce Alfaiate, Caroline Scholtès, Nora Martel, Frédéric Le Gal, Hugo Lo Pinto, Ikram Amri, Olivier Hantz, David Durantel, Jean-Louis Lesbordes, Emmanuel Gordien, Philippe Merle, Tudor Drugan, Christian Trépo, Fabien Zoulim, Jean-Claude Cortay, Alan Campbell Kay, Paul Dény

“…The risk factors for HDV infection were age (p = 0.040), transfusion (p = 0.039), and a tendency for tattooing (p = 0.055) and absence of condom use (p = 0.049). HBV-E and HDV-1 were highly prevalent during both the FH outbreak and the 2010 screening project. …”
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Continued attendance in a PrEP program despite low adherence and non-protective drug levels among adolescent girls and young women in Kenya: Results from a prospective cohort study... by Jean de Dieu Tapsoba, Jane Cover, Christopher Obong'o, Martha Brady, Tim R Cressey, Kira Mori, Gordon Okomo, Edward Kariithi, Rael Obanda, Daniel Oluoch-Madiang, Ying Qing Chen, Paul Drain, Ann Duerr

“…Perception of being at moderate-to-high risk for HIV if not taking PrEP was associated with persistence (adjusted odds ratio, 10.17 [95% CI 5.14 to 20.13], p < 0.001) in a model accounting for county of residence and variables that had p-value <0.1 in unadjusted analysis (age, being in school, initiated PrEP 2 to 3 months before the first interview, still active in DREAMS, having children, having multiple sex partners, partner aware of PrEP use, partner very supportive of PrEP use, partner has other partners, AGYW believes that a partner puts her at risk, male condom use, injectable contraceptive use, and implant contraceptive use). …”
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